I tried the MTVU hack to see if it would speed things up when it got tight in combat in Castlevania Lament of Innocence but the emulator warned about state saves issues and I was wondering how severe as I use them and not the in-game.

The slow down isn't the worst but I wouldn't mind using MTVU if it helps (decent speedup, high comp).

Also, speedhacks are for slow downs right? As in the emulation doesn't run as fast as the PS2 original would and not directly connected to FPS or have I misunderstood the concept? During the slowdowns I get perhaps 50FPS/40% EE.

For me, MTVU lessens the strain on the EE usage. Going from around 70-80% of CPU power used to only 40-50% which lessens the heat going out and allows games to play more smoothly. I've used save states with no problem (coupled with normal memory card saves just in case) for all my games.

In your case, maybe your GPU is causing slowdowns. What are your specs? Speedhacks seems to use other means of emulation to "not follow how the PS2 system works" which allows it to use more of the PC's processing power resulting in less compability for games, due to not closely emulating the PS2 system (although I am not sure about this, since I'm only saying what I see).

(08-20-2012, 05:57 AM)PyroBunta Wrote: For me, MTVU lessens the strain on the EE usage. Going from around 70-80% of CPU power used to only 40-50% which lessens the heat going out and allows games to play more smoothly. I've used save states with no problem (coupled with normal memory card saves just in case) for all my games.

In your case, maybe your GPU is causing slowdowns. What are your specs? Speedhacks seems to use other means of emulation to "not follow how the PS2 system works" which allows it to use more of the PC's processing power resulting in less compability for games, due to not closely emulating the PS2 system (although I am not sure about this, since I'm only saying what I see).

The specs is listed last in the post. Usually in emulators the CPU is more used, at least in my case so I don't think it's the GPU. MSI AB reports about 30% GPU usage and about 200-300MB memory. I haven't checked the CPU usage though. However, I run the game with 3x native internal resolution which may cause the slowdown. I will do some testing and see if it helps with the native resolution or MTVU hack.